Collapsible bed



L. F. SCHILLING.

COLLAPSIBLE BED.

APPUCATION FILED FEB. a, 1916 Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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L. F. SCHILLING.

COLLAPSIBLE BED.

APPUCAHUN FILED rap. 5. ms.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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COLLAPSIBLE BED.

- APPLICATION FILED FEB- 5. I9|'5- 1 ,354,343, Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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L. F. SCHILLING.

COLLAPSIBLE BED.

APPLICAHON FILED FEB. @1916.

minus UNITED LOUIS F. SCHILLING, 0F SALEM. DHIO.

COLLA PSIBLE BED.

Specification of Letters Pe tent. 1

ntenlcd Sept. rose.

Application filed February 5. lfilll. Serial No. 76.40

To all whom it may con cam. I

Be it known that 1, Louis F. Sonnmmo, u citizen 0 the United States, residing at Salem, n tee county of (olumbiana and Stat? oi iohiq, have invented new and use ful .mprovements in Collapsible Beds, of which the following is a specification.

'lhisyinventioii relates to an improvement in colla sibgle boils. 'Fhe invention, while having any features which render it gen erally useful and. advantageous as an element of a touring. or camping equipment. is directed more piirticulurly to the problem of providing satisfactory sleeping accommodations for the automobilist during :1 tour, and it proposes a. collapsible bed structure WhlCu is especially adapted for combination with an automobile as it part of the touring equipment.

The objects of the invention, lu-icliy stated, are to provide a collapsible bed for use on tour which may be combined r iLh any type or construction of automobile; which may be set up at one side externally of the cur, enabling the convenient use of thetonneau for disrobi'ng and r'or the storage of clothes and luggage; wliiclnwlien set up,may be arranged in such relation to the tonneau that one, upon disrobiug in the tonneau may step through the door of the cur directly into the bed, and which in this relation to the tonneau may be completely closed in by a canopy or shelter top providing a sleeping compartment as a di rect lateral continuation of the ,tonneau in order that one may step from the tonne-nu into the hed,fwithout exposure; which, while providing tor a closed-in or sheltered sleeping space or compartment, at the same time admits of the free circulation of fresh air through the sleeping space or compartment; which will be substantially as com-' fortablo and easy as an ordinary domestic bed; which, regardless of the environment of use, may be collapsed into exceedingly small compass, so small, in fact, that when rovided as a part of an automobile touri-ng equipment and not in use, .it may be conveniently carried on the running board, thereby being entirely out of the way of the occup ntsof the tonnenu and rendering it unnecessary to provide any pecial bed carrier ofunsightly or bulky character; which may be guickly and readily set up and as quickl and readily collapsed and disposed on e running board or other connected to the will o strong, were support: and which and in no way liable pensive and durable, to (lerungcim-ni.

All iilrll'vmllnn'lll. vi tratcd in the newuupnnymg wherein Figure l is :1. View shun tion of the automobile bod and the iminoycd bed set up at one side 2b; Roi;

Fig. 2 is s View showing the lwi so l on. in end elevation. with the"euiosimhilc sid elevation;

Fig. 3 is 11 pint: riot: o1 on canopy or shelter top being rcinm'ml:

Fig. -l is ill! (nil firms-lion o tin: iiwl who the canopy or shelter iii) Figs. ii, 6. T. *l and 5 :i showing union-i ruiminos oi tin ert the l)ill in tin, worse of tin colln -ising it and disposing rl. noon the run ni board or other support; 7 i l) is it plain xie'w of its parts in the relations are shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. ll 1 -1 no. clevzttion .'-:ln:-wing the bed with ite part in the rclutim'i M i an: .w' t'li in. Fig, 5

lg. lit? hi :1. detnil perspective ier; showing the relation between the supp-idling lozis oi tho iml and the chromite oi u rans verse limo-Lug menus F- Fig. i3 is .1. detail n. J, ing the relation between bars:

Fig. ii is a detail perspe tive view More ing the ieieiion llt'i nii'li the sol and mi l ars oi? n. rollupsililo si: 1-m.tin;: we {or the canopy or ..i lter top;

Figs. 15 and ii are detail plan and sec tionzil views showing the corner cor" tion oi the snmiortiug imw in! the conopv or shelter top with a Milc her of said hots in extended and folded relation;-

Fig. 17 is a. detail sectional view shouu ing the relation bet "zen the si-libars of the bed and the swiveling sleeve by which the invention 5: illus- :iiuwinm.

i iill, lllx' elem 1 ions iii the bed will I: winch :crtive 2 alum the will .lllli end said bars are connected to tin. running lumrd the swiveling sleeve shown in F g. l

Fig. 19 is a detail. u. rspcrtivelow of the post about which the sleeve srcimis;

Fig. 20 is a detail perspe tive View of n, clip by which each side her oi the bed is swiveling sleeve shown in in which ill lot

Fig. 21 is a detail fragmentary side elevation, partly in section, showing the relation between the side bars of the bed frame and the braces which support them from the legs;

Fig. 22 is a view similar to Fig. 21 but looking at the inner sides of said side bars;

Fig. 23 is a detail cross sectional view on the line 23-23 of Fig. 22; and

Figs. 24 and 25 are detail views showing the connections between the canopy or shelter and the roof of the tonneau.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The'improved bed, as previously stated, is specially adapted for operative combination with an automobile, and it is shown in the drawings in its preferred relation, 2'. 6., so arranged that it may, when set up, be ex tended laterally at one side of the tonneau and when collapsed may be disposed along the running board, as shown more particularly in Figs. 9 and 11.

The automobile A, with its running board (I, may be of any desired construction. The bed is associated with the running hoard a, and its frame consists of two side bars 1 and an end bar 2. Each side bar 1 consists of two sections 1 and 1 pivotally connected whereby the outer section 1 may be swung in a vertical plane into parallel relation with the inner section 1*, as shown more particularly in Fig. 6. The end bar 2 connects the sections 1?.

When the bed is set up, the end. bar 2 is parallel to 'the running board a, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3; and said end bar and running board conjointly support the bed spring fabric 3, which is suspended by transverse series of extension springs 4 in the same way that a bed spring fabric is ordinarily suspended between the end bars of a bed frame of usu \1 construction.

The bed spring fabric 3, in consideration of thc. adaptability of the bed to the needs of automobilists on tour, should be of a construction whereby t may be folded or rolled into exceedingly sm'all compass. l t is pref erably of the construction shown in my co-pending aplication for patent upon bed spring fabrics, Serial No. 68533, which is thebest construction of which I am aware for the purpose in view, in that it may be rolled into the form of a tube whose diameter is substantially less than the width oFf the running board, as clearly shown in hen the bed-is set up, it is supported at a fixed and sanitary elevation above the ground, at one end thereof by the running board or equivalent support a, which functionally constitutes an end bar of the bed frame, and at or near its other end by legs 5 which are pivotally secured to the side bars 1, preferably by the same pivot pin which connects the sc tions 1 and l" of said side bars. The legs 5 not only participatc in supporting the bed as an cntircty at a fixed elevation above the ground. but they are, preferably. utilized in holding the scations 1 and 1 in alining relation, as shown in Fig. 1. For this purpose, each leg 5 is connected with the rcspcctivc sections l and 1 of its companion side bar by diagonal braces (3" and G" which. at their lower cnds. are pivoted to the leg 5 and. at their upper ends, are detachably connected to the side bar sections 1 and 1 in any suitable niancr, for example, by headed pins (3 engaging throughopenings (i in said side bar sections, the upper walls of said openings rcsting upon the shanks of said pins and being held between their heads and the braces 6" and 6".

ln collapsing the bed and storing it on the running board, the end bar 2 is disconnected from the side bars l. The side and end bars are preferably of angle iron coir struction, and to provide for thcir rcady connection and disconnection the side bar scctions 1 are provided at their cxtrenlitie. and adjacent their corners in their vertical webs with slots 7 in which thc extremities of thetlut web of the end bar 2 are engaged. as will be clearly apparent from Fig. 13. The flat web of the end bar 2 is preferably provided at its ends with slots 3 which take over the vertical webs of the side bar sections 1". In this way, the extremities oi the side bar seclmsns 1 and of the end bar 2 a re securely associated by a tongue-and-slot connection of certain of their parts which enables the end bar 2 to be fitted to or separated froni the side bar sections 1" by a movement toward and from said side bar sections and the end bar 2 prefcra-bly has at its ends overhanging flanges 2" which fit over the side webs of the side bar sec tions 1'.

To permit of the storage of the bed along the running board, as shown by Figs. 9 and 11, the side bar sections 1 are connected at their inner cnds whereby the side bars may be swung into parallel relation and in su h relation supported on the running board. These connections comprise a clip 9 secured to the front end of each side bar section 1", sleeves 10 towhich the clips 9 are pivoted for vertical movement and vertical posts 10 upstanding from the running board and about which the sleeves 10 may swivel, said posts having retaining nuts or cotter pins on their upper ends. "The pivotal connection of the clips 9 to the sleeves 10 enables the elevation of the bed to be adapted to the surface of the ground which is engaged by the legs 5.

The legs 5, as above explained, are braced to the side bar sections l and 1 by the arts 6 and G"; The said legs are also iraccd to one another, the means employed consisting of a rigid brace bar 11 provided with pivoted supplemental brace members 12. The brace bar '11 extends between the legs 5 and is preferably made in sections 11*, each of which is pivoted to one of the brace members 12 and is provided with headed terminal projectionsll". The projections 1 l engage in slots 13 formed longitudinall in lateral projections 5 on the legs the latter for this purpose being preferably of angle iron form, as shown more particularly in Fig. 12. The brace members 12 are pivoted to the projections 5 at ixed points above the slots 13. The brace sections ll. at their inner ends are each provided with pins 11 for engagementthrough' an opening 11 v in the other; and the overlying portions of the sections '1 a are held in connected or engaged relation by a clip 11" which has a U-shaped cross section and may be removed from the parts 11, to permit of the overlying ends in connection with the collapse of the bed where-by each section It and the member 12 connected thereto may be folded under the adjacent side bar section 1". v

An important advantage of the arrangementof the bedat the side of the tonneau as shown is that a canopy or shelter top may be placed over the bed to provide a sleeping compartment which forms, in effect, :1 lat eral continuation of the toniieau, enabling the user of the bed to disrobe in the tonneain and upon disrobing to step, Without expos ure. directly into the bed, the tonnesu being used for the over-night storage of the clothing. The canopy or shelter top 15 is made of any suital'rle material, such as canvas or waterproof fabric, and as shown in Fig. is formeih adjacent its inner edge, with a transverse pocket 16 inclosing a bar Y which is snspendedby tapes 16 from the bow framing of the roof. The canop is provided with a flap 16 which exten s beyond the pocket 16 and may be fitted between the bows and top fabric of the roof and which renders it unnecessary to cut the canopy for the purpose of fitting it to the roof of the tonneau. "lhe canopy is cut away near its outer end and at each side thereof in order that its outer portion may form a dc Jending will li transverse to the bed which closes the rear end of the sleeping colnpartmenh the sides of the out-away portions of the canopy being secured together at each side of the bed by buttons or equivalent fastenings 1d.

The canopy or shelter top is supported, in part by the roof of the tonncau and in part by a how 19 from which the Wall 17 depends This how is preferably connected. to the bed frame for support thereby, its transdisengagement of their thc said portion verse member 19 being fitted iii-a sleeve 20 llSS WHiiF- l with the canopy. as shoivn in Fig. ll': whil its side members 19 are hingcdly securei to the member ll) and are pivotaily and detarhably se ured to the side bar sections 1". The bow l9 is sum to constant downward pull, in order that the roof portion of the canopy top may be maintained substantially taut nl'atwithstanding wind pressure or the weight of any rain water or snow that may accumulate thereon "11;: the night, For this put-poem it is ed to provide retraetilo coil springs veen the bars 19" ot' the how 19 and the side bar sections l.

The members l9" and 19 of the bow it) are preferably made of wood and are hing rally finlilltf'tfll in the manner shown in Figs. More Thus the member 19 is provided at each end with an angle fitting 19 having inwardly projecting parallel plates 19 which provide a socket for the. upper end of the adjsrer nwniber ii), The portion of tho il'liiililiri 19 which fits between the plates 19 loss a longitudinal slot 19 through which passes a pivot pin l9 that connects or extends between the plates 1.9. The said plates have at their outer ed es inturned relatively short flanges 19 whih. in the use of the how, prevent the upper or outer ends oi the members 19 from swinging laterally outward from the sockets )rovidcd therefor by the plates if? but which enable said Ill '!'ilif:k2i-%, aller they have been withdrawn 'i'rwn tin-iriz clnvts as far as permitted by the pins ii)?" in he swung inwardly into parallel rion to the member 19, as shown in Fig. itau: the rolling up or folding of canopy or storage. The members 19 too may have at their lower ends headed pins fitting in openings in the side bli!,SPCtl0l1S l similarly to the pins 6 of the braces t i to provide for the above-mentioned detachable and pivotal connection of the bow and the side bars 1. The canopy or shelter top preferably terminates above the round in order to provide for the tree oil the said fabric thus providing a shelter for lDtiI'S of the bed frame, its marginal whichoverlies said side bars being; in liuc-l dmvnward and thereby shedding water The bed spring fabric is arranged in a ielatia'eiy compact tubular roll which is supported on the running board. being dispo lajingitndiinilly thereof between the wad of the tonnsau and the folded side bars of the bed trams and which, as shown in Fig. 9. is utilized to inclose the end bar Q. If desired. the canopy or shelter top with the how i t'olded therewith and parts of the bedding may be titted. along with the end. bar within the hollow center oi the roll. into which the bed spring fabric is formed.

In order to set up the bed. the side bars I are turned to project outwardly at right angles from the running board a. and their sections are extended. the sections 1 being connected to the braces H which insure the rigidity of the legs a. The bed spring tabric is then unrolleiland upon the completion of thi unrolling the end bar .2 is en gaged with the side bar sections 1" in the manner clearly indicated by Fig. 13 and shown more in detail in Fig. 3. To promote the fitting of the end bar 2 to the sec tions 1". the latter should be held at th angle shown by full lines in Fig. 5 in order that there may be no tension on the springs l. .\t'ter the end bar 2 has been fitted to the sections 2'. said sections are extended into alining relation to the sections 1" and tainneeted to the braces (3". The springs i will then be under tension and hence will hold the end bar 2 securely in position. 'hen the bed spring fabric has been an rolled. the parts fitted in the center of the roll and dissoeiable from the fabric. it an tli'ere be. are rei'noved. 'lhereupon the bra e comprising the bar 11 and the members It. is arranged between the legs 5 in the manner described and. as shown in Fig. 12. the ter minals of its sections 11 are engaged in overlying relation and held togetherby the clip ll. The how it) combined with the canopy or shelter top is then arranged in operative relation. its side bars it) lltttlii' extended at right angles to the transverse bar 19 with their upper ends securely titted in the sockets provided by the plates 1!) and their lower ends connected to the side bar sections l". The canopy or shelter top is then connected to the bar Y adjacent th inner face of the side of the roof or cover of the tonnean. as above described, and

shown in Fig. I. after which the springs 21 are connected to the parts 19 of the bow and to the side bar sections 1" and the eut'away portions of the canopy are connected by the fastenings 18.

To collapse the bed and dispose it for storage upon the running hoard a, the operations are performed in the reverse order to that described and will, therefore, be obvious.

It is to be noted that; the end bar 2 need not be detached from the bed spring fabric 3 in connection with the extension or collapse of the bed. Thus. the said end bar will be disposed in the center of the tube into which the mattress is ultimately rolled, as an incident. of the mattress-rolling operation. The tubular center of the roll in which the mattress is formed is, or may he. made amply sutlicient for the reception of the incidental parts of the structure. including the canopy and the bedding or parts thereof, notwithstanding that the mattress is rolled into sulliciently small compass to occupy only a portion of the width of the running board.

In the operation of collapsing the bed, the legs 5 are folded at the lower sides of the side bar sections 1 and the side bar sections 1" are folded at the upper sides of the sections 1", the latter and the legs 5 having a nested relation and the braces 6 extending in parallel relation to the sections 1 at the sides thereof.

After the legs have been folded, the brace sections 11 are disconnected and each brace section, together with its companion member 12, is folded under the leg 5 with which it is associated in parallel relation to the adjacent side bar section 1.

It will be observed that when the bed is collapsed and disposed for storage on the running board in the manner described, the bed spring fabric, which is preferably composed of canvas, as described in my co-pending ap ilication, affords a thorough and servieezdile protection for the metallic parts of the structure, directly inclosing the end bar 2, and providing a water-shedding covering for the side bars 1 and the parts associated therewith.

While in the construction ofthe bed as above described the running board could be utilized as an end bar of the bed frame, and in any event, in its function of supporting the inner end of the bed frame and the bed spring t'abric. discharges the t'unctionof an ordinary bed frame. end bar, it is preferred, in order that the structure may be of unitaiy character, to secure the sprin s 4 at the inner end of the bed spring fa ric to a plate 22 which also carries the posts 10 about which the side bars are swung horizontally in the collapse or extension of the bed, as above explained. The plate 22 is'coextensive with and parallel to the end bar 2 and is imposed on the running board a,

being held in position thereon by bolts or equivalent devices. By virtue o the provision of the plate 22, thebed structure, ineluding the bed frame, the bow 19, the brace between. the legs 5, and the bed spring fabric, may be removed or replaced as a unit relatively to the running board a. B virtue of the unitary character of the bed: the entire bed structure may be rolled within the bed spring fabric 3, when it is desired, as for the adaptation of the car to ordinary city use. to remove the bed from the running board and'fto place it in stationary storag if some :inlnnnoiiiles the rear fender is set to Moi, exienl shown by {he l in I a 1i lhni the length of i nelwern ihe rear fender d the i nn ou is less than enn n or Quilter lop.

win. in any event hownnnn length at least equal r he canopy or shelter top; ad in arl; em to compensate for the aid l d phenom of the runner X, the bur he am: to proiert forwardly to able onion? beyond the front of the no? oi lhe tonneuiu the front porl'lon of ,ropy or A d lop being turned hawk word ilw wind nhieid 'i 1 its upper edge word in any uiteble manner in the projerlinn portion of the bar I.

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i de ed 1, l'rzune rompriselzd- #Kii lifli'i, side born, a pair oi ,rnonn'ir-ii on mid eo pori i'or Hide bur having eiiion wiih one of r; 'dr lo ran-h rill naid support, a le foldably related to ear-l1 side bar. brace means extending between the legs and including elements associated with the respeetive legs and constructed for de- (:u'lmble connection with one anothen and an end her connecting the outer ends of see-id side bars and being (letarhzible tlzerefrom said and bar, when assembled eing parallel to said support.

5. ln :1 collapsible bed, a frame eonqiirin ing an end support, side bars, em'h having n swiveling ronnertion at its inner end with Enid support, a leg l'oldubly related to each side bar and having :1 lateral extension pro vided with a longitudinal slot, brzu'e means extending: between the legs romprisino :1 transverse bar made in options rondruel'ed for dehu-boble vonneetion with one another and earl:

in: v 111;; on end projection pivotully mid slidubly engaging in the slot of the ad jm'ent leg and brave members pivoted to the legs above said slots and also pivoted to the resperii i'e :seetions of said transverse bur und an end bar runner-ting the outer ends of said side hers and hello! dehu'huble There from, said end bar, when assembled, being purzillel to said support.

(3. lu eolluph'ible bed, a frame romprisin; :in end support. side burs, ezu-h having a swiveling eouueetion at its inner end with said oupport. menus extending transversely of he bed for braving the side liars in mm unolhel' having rlehu-lmhly (olllleeted elednenls and inrluding bed supporting logs lolclnbly related to said side bars. and on end ban ronnerting the outer ends of said side bars and being detachable therefrom. said end bar, when assembled, being: parallel to said support.

T In al rollapsible bed. a frame romprisin; on end support, side burs. vn'h hm ing' :1 ,oviwlin'g counertiou at its inner vii-l 'llll szsid v upport and em-h (comprising: a i air of fohlubly related sections a supporting: leg pivouilly ronneuted to each side ban brnres between earl] leg: and the two sertiozm of its eoinpzinion Slide bar. said braweebeiug detaehnbly ronnocted/co said side bar six-Lion, end on end bar connecting the outer ends of said side barsund being detachable there from, said end bar, when assembled, being parallel to said SllDlJOI't.

In a 'eollupsible bed. a frame comprir-1- ingan end support, side bars, each having a winding connection at its inner end with said mpport and each comprising a. pair of foldably related sections. a snnnnrtina leg pirotally connected to each side bar. braces between each leg and the two sections of its companion side bar. said braces being detachably connected to said side bar sections. means for bracing the legs to one another and including elements associated with the respective legs and constructed lor detachablc connection with one another, and an end bar connecting the outer ends of said side bars and being: detachable therefrom, said end bar. when assembled, bein; parallel to said support.

i in a collapsible bed, a frame compris in; a horizontal cud bar constituting a support. side bars. each having a swiieling connection at its inner end with said support, said side bars bein; thereby foldable through an angle of ninety degrees whereby they may be projected in parallel relation to one another and at a right angle to said support or may be disposed to rest on said support in parallel relation to one another. a second end bar conncctin; the outer ends of said side bars and being detachable therefrom prior to the folding of said side bars. said second end bar. when assembled, being paraliel to said support, and a flexible bed sprin Fabric supported by and between said second end bar and said support, said fabric carrying said second end bar and being in turn carried by said support.

1 in a collapsible bed, a frame comprising: a horizontal end bar constituting a support. side bars, ea h hai ing a swirelingg' con nection at its'inner end with said support, said side bars being thereby foldable through an angle of ninety degrees whereby they maybe piojected in parallel relation to one another and at a right angle to said support or may be disposed in parallel relation to one another on said support, a second end bar minim-ting the outer ends of said side bars and bcinp detachable therefrom, said second end bar. when assembled, l)EiII R]):H-' allel to said support. a ilcxiblc bed spring l'abric supported by and bet ween said sec end end bar and said support, and extension springs connecting said fabric and said second end bar. the latter baring a tongue and slot connection with the outer end oi each of the side bars of such character that said second end bar may be fitted to or separated from the side bars by a movement toward or from the outer end portions of the side bars and inran extension of the common plane in whurn the said outer end portions of the side bars are dispt'isod.

11. The combination of a support, a bed projecting laterally therefrom, a flexible canopy or shelter top secured above the support and extending over the bed to provide an inclosed compartment, a bow pivotally associated with the frame of the bed and projecting outwardly and upwardly therefrom to support the outer portion of the -anopy top, and springs to urge the bow toward the bed.

152. The combination of an automobile body, a collapsible bed projectinp laterally from and secured to the running board thereof, a Flexible canopy or shelter top extending over the bed to provide a sleeping compartn'ient closed at its sides and outer end. means supliorting the inner end of the canopy or shelter top adjacent the automobile body, and a, bow carried by the canopy top and detachably connected to the bed for supporting the canopy or shelter top at its outer end.

13. In a collapsible bed, a'frame comprising a horizontal end bar constituting a sup port, side bars, each harilm a swiveling connection at its inner end with said support, said side bars being; thereby foldable through an angle of ninety degrees whereby they may be projected in parallel relation to one another and at a right angle to said support or may be disposed in parallel relation to one another on said support, and each comprising a pair of l'oldable sections connected by a transverse pivot and means for maintaining said sections in rigid alinement, a second end bar connecting the ends of said side bars and being detachable therefrom, said second end bar. when assembled, being parallel to said support, a flexible bed spring fabric supported by and between said second end bar and said support, and extension springs connecting said fabric to said second end bar, the latter having a tongue and slot connection with the outer end of each of the side bars of such. character that said second end bar may be fitted to 01 separated from the side bars by a movement to ward or from the outer end portions of the side bars and in an extension of the common plane in which the said outer end portions of the side bars are disposed.

, it. In a collap iblebed, a frame comprisin; a horizontal end bar constituting a support, side bars, each having a swiveling connection at its inner end an angle of ninety degrees whereby they may be projected in parallel relation to one another and at a right angle to said support or may be disposed in parallel relation to one another on said support, and each comprising a pair of foldably related sections and means for maintaining said sections in rigid alinement, and asecond end bar connecting the outer ends of said side bars and being detachable therefrom, said second and bar, when assembled, being parallel to said support and having a tongue and slot connection with the outer end of each of the side bars of such character that said second end bar may be fitted to or separated from the side bars by a movement toward or from the outer end portions of the side bars and in an with said support, said side bars beingthereby foldable through from the running board thereoi.

extension of the common plane in which the said outer end portions of the side bars are. disposed.

l5. The comliination of an automobile body, a collapsible bed projecting laterally 1 exible canopy or shelter top extending over the bed to provide a sleeping compartment closed at. its sides and outer end, me: ns supporting the inner end of the canopy or shelter top adjacent the automobile body, a bow carried by the canopy top and detachably and pivotally connected to the bed for support,- ing the canopy or shelter top at its outer end, and springs to urge the bow toward the bed.

16. In a collapsible bed, a frame comprising a horizontal end member, consisting of a support. side bars. each having a movable connection at its inner end with said sup port, said side bars "being by reason of their movable connectiom with the support, fold able through. an angle of 90 degrees. to project them in parallel relation to one anothe' and at a right angle to said support, or to be disposed to rest on said support in parallel relation to one another. and an end bar detachably connected with the outer ends of said side bars.

17. An automobile bed having side members composed of sections pivoted together intermediate the extremities of said side members and adapted to be collapsed longitudinal of each other. an end support upon which corresponding sections of said sidc members are 'ful rumed to swing in a lateral direction. an end bar adapted l'or detachable connection to the other sections of said side members at the free ends thereof. and a flexible bed spring fabric supported by and between said end bar and said support. said fabric carrying said end bar and la-ing in turn carried by said support.

18. in a collapsible bed. a frame compris ing an end support. side bars, a pair of h|cillbcrs mounted on said support for-swiveling movement. each side bar having a horizontal pivotal connectioirwith one of said mcmbcrs and also having ground-engaging support ing means intermediate its extremities. and.

an end bar connecting the outer ends of said side bars and being detachable therefrom. said end bar. when assembled, being parallel to said support. A i

19. In a collapsible bed, a frame con|prising a horizontal end member. side bars each con'iprising an inner section having a mow able connection at its inner end with said end member and being by reason of its movable connection with said end member fold able through an angle of 90 degrees to lie in parallel relation with said end member, and an outer section. said outer sections each ha ring a horizontal pi\ot:1l connection with one of said inner sections so as to fold upon the latter. each side bar having ground-engaging supporting means intermediate its extremities. andan end bar connecting the outer ends of saidonter sections. said end bar. when connected to the ends of said outer sections. being parallel to said horizontal end menii'a-r.

2t}. collapsible bed having a relatively stationary head end member. side bars adapted to be projected from said head end member in parallel relation to one another, side bars each including inner sections inorably crnmected to said head end member to provide for thecollapse ot' the bed, and outer sections pivotally connected to said inner sections for movement in vertical planes, said outer sections being thereby adapted to be folded upon said inner sec- 'tions and to be extended relatively to said inner scctimls. an end bar connecting the free ends of the outer sections. said end bar being detachable from said outer sections. and a licxible bed spring 'labric supported free of said side bars by and between said cud bar and said head end member. said fabric carrying said end bar and being in turn carried by said head end member. said outer sci-lions serving. when fully extended. to locate said cud bar in a substantially horizontal plane common to said end bar.

said in'ncr sections and said head end hllllh her and also serving, in onnection with the extension of said outer sections. to take up all slack in said fabrie. wherein. when said sections are fully extended. said fabric will lie llat and will be substantially located in said common horizontal plane.

in testimony n'hcreol' l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witll{$Fv(S.

LOUIS l hClllLLlXG.

Witnesses '11. ll. STnmoci-Jmow, ELLA M. DULAN. 

